Sun Microsystems has conjured up two, Dawn of the Shadow Specters and Rise of the Shadow Specters, which take place in an alternate universe called Solaris, colonized by a race of people who happen to reflect the company’s values. In 2006, Google created a game to help it tag pictures and photos on the web. If you don’t know, of course, you may be beyond the help of computers.) Gamification – making things that don’t seem to be a game into a game is growing in popularity. See the fascinating future he envisions by watching the video below. MORE >>

First, a game can both help individuals understand what a particular company is about (e.g. Sun’s games to introduce their business units), and what the job is like (e.g. What is the best quote from your new book to help us understand the gameification of the corporate world? Eileen Clegg asked me some questions as part of a report she’s doing for the Future of Talent Institute. How do you think gaming will change the landscape for people in charge of recruiting, developing and retaining top talent? America’s Army).  Where do I start? games MORE >>

Understanding this model is important in order to be able to apply it within different situations in order to help drive behavior change that ultimately leads to improvement in metrics. Case studies of corporate (social) learning - March 12, 2010 The Business Case for Social Learning , Accenture, Point of View, April 2009 Sun Learning eXchange " When the companys sales division reduced training hours and budget, Sun Learning Services (SLS) needed to get strategic. I was asked about approaches for eLearning for Sales People. Specifically, the web. By Shelley A. Gable. MORE >>

The orange generally represented the sun, whilst the salt pots, ketchup bottles and whatever else was on the kitchen table stood in for planets and comets. He would then make them all ‘orbit’ each other, enlisting my help when he ran out of hands and demonstrating why the moon seemed to change size each night, or how a solar eclipse worked. My dad used to explain astronomy to me using salt pots and oranges. Learning has been using this ‘show, don’t tell’ approach for a long time. We can create virtual kinaesthetic learning in different ways. MORE >>

The orange generally represented the sun, whilst the salt pots, ketchup bottles and whatever else was on the kitchen table stood in for planets and comets. He would then make them all ‘orbit’ each other, enlisting my help when he ran out of hands and demonstrating why the moon seemed to change size each night, or how a solar eclipse worked. My dad used to explain astronomy to me using salt pots and oranges. Learning has been using this ‘show, don’t tell’ approach for a long time. We can create virtual kinaesthetic learning in different ways. MORE >>